The college president attends meetings, serves as secretary-treasurer and is a nonvoting member. The governor appoints community members for four-year terms with the advice and consent of the state senate. The chair is elected by the board of trustees.
Chair. Appointed summer 2022; reappointed 2024; vice chair 2023-2024.
Chien’s career spans over 35 years in biomedicine. Her work included public service at the National Institutes of Health and academic institutes, executive level legal counsel in the commercial sector and teaching law students in the intellectual property field. Chien is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Colorado State Bar. She is active in her community, serving on the Annapolis Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals and providing certified animal-assisted therapy to patients and staff at medical facilities.
Chien earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Mount Holyoke College, her master's and doctorate degrees in molecular immunology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and her law degree from the University of Denver.
Email: boardchair@aacc.edu
Vice chair. Appointed spring 2021
Price-Jones has more than 20 years of state and federal government regulatory experience in the consumer credit and mortgage lending industries. She retired from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency as an enterprise risk management specialist in 2017. Her prior professional experience includes being a compliance analyst with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a compliance officer with Citigroup and supervisor of the Financial Examination Unit with the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Division of Financial Regulation.
Price-Jones earned her Master of Human Services from Lincoln University. She is active in the community and has held a number of community organization leadership roles. She was president for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., XI Delta Omega Chapter, and was the founder and former director of the Financial Literacy Program, a community outreach ministry of Rooted Bible Fellowship Church. She also sat on a number of boards including Harford Community College's board of trustees, Open Doors Career Center of Harford County, Edgewood High School Academy of Finance and the Maryland Department of Social Services advisory board.
Appointed summer 2024.
Keller is studying information assurance and cybersecurity at AACC. He served in the U.S. Army for eight years, as a service team leader, supervisor and diesel mechanic. During his service, he developed and honed his leadership and organization skills, tactfully communicated directives, built relationships and effectively managed teams and projects. Keller has utilized those skills at AACC, and he currently serves as a Black Male Institute mentor. He is committed to advocating and representing the student voice on the board of the trustees.
Appointed in 2015. Chair 2020-2023, vice chair, 2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2019-2020
Moore is the former director of the Schools of Medical Imaging at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Prior to that, she was the director of the Radiography program at Johns Hopkins and the clinical coordinator of the Radiography program at Anne Arundel Community College. She was also a site visitor for the Joint Review Committee in Radiologic Technology and has worked as a consultant. Moore has coordinated continuing education programs for radiologic technologists and has frequently made presentations in the field. She was also the national chair for the American Roentgen Ray Society Advisory Panel for the continuing education of radiologic technologists.
Moore earned a Bachelor of Science in education from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., a radiography certificate from The Johns Hopkins Hospital and is certified in mammography. She has a Master of Arts in leadership in teaching from Notre Dame of Maryland University.
Appointed fall 2024
Pastrone is the executive director of Seeds 4 Success, a nonprofit in Annapolis, providing after-school mentoring programs to children and youth from pre-kindergarten to college and career. She has lived in Southern Anne Arundel County for 13 years and serves on the Anne Arundel County Early Childhood Childcare Taskforce.
Pastrone brings over 20 years of experience in education and nonprofit management. Previously, she held leadership roles at KIPP DC Public Schools, including campus director of student support and vice principal. She also served as director of education at Horton's Kids, Inc., overseeing after-school tutoring for children in Washington, D.C. Pastrone holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a Master of Education from Lehigh University.
Appointed fall 2024
Rodriguez is the co-founder of Caliente Grill, a restaurant known for its authentic Latin experience and significant community involvement. Caliente Grill was one of the first participating restaurants in the Feed Anne Arundel initiative, resulting in the distribution of more than 9,000 meals during the pandemic.
Rodriguez is passionate about community service and has dedicated more than 25 years to volunteering and advocating for the Latino community, schools and organizations. She is a champion for cultural diversity and inclusion among community leaders and sponsored the first Hispanic business meeting in the Annapolis area. She also serves on the Board of Leadership Anne Arundel. Rodriguez also enjoys walking with her dog, traveling and spending time with her family.
Appointed summer 2021
JaCina Stanton-Buttrom is an advocate and attorney who stays actively involved in her community. She is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University and University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
A lifelong avid reader, Stanton-Buttrom helped found a literacy project that served Baltimore city schools.
She has advocated for voting rights initiatives for the past 15 years. Stanton-Buttrom is a former adjunct faculty member for AACC's Adult Education Program. She works in the field of employee relations and has published various articles on race, women's issues and the law.
Appointed summer 2024
Tumminello is a retired teacher/administrator, writer and presenter. She developed content, training and assessment programs for school systems, government, corporations, juvenile facilities and private/nonprofit organizations. Her career spans 35 states and Washington, D.C., 5,000 full-time students, pre-K through graduate school, with ad hoc audiences numbering 8,000 plus media.
Tumminello supervised Anne Arundel County Public Schools' English for 10 years, writing curriculum, evaluations, educational philosophy, manuals and programs; led Governors’ Academies for six years and served as college board consultant for 21 years. She is a graduate of Baltimore City Public Schools with a Master of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts from Bennington College. She is also a lifelong learner at AACC.
Appointed 2016; reappointed 2022; chair, 2017-2020, 2023-2024; vice chair, 2022-2023
Ulvila is founder of Insurance Solutions. He earned his associate degree from Miami Dade College, and Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of South Florida.
Ulvila chaired the Leadership Committee for Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) McNew Mental Health Campaign and is past chair of the AACC Foundation board, AAMC Foundation board, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce, AAMC Outreach Council on Mental Illness and Alcohol/Substance Use, and The 21st Century Education Foundation. His more recent awards include Leadership Anne Arundel Distinguished Graduate Award, Maryland Association of Health Underwriters Person of the Year, Anne Arundel County Good Scout Award, Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year, inducted into the Chambers’ Hall of Fame, and the Chamber’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ulvila served as the Maryland Association of Community College (MACC) treasurer in 2019-2020 and has been the MACC president since 2020.
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Dr. Dawn Lindsay
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, 4 p.m. - CANCELLED
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
(Board Budget Workshop)
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 4 p.m.
The college seeks applications each spring for the student member of the board of trustees. Applicants are interviewed by a committee of students and staff. The committee recommends the candidate to the AACC president, who sends the candidate's name to the governor's office for appointment.